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These six leaves come from a historical Timurid work entitled Majmaʿ al-tavārīkh (Collection of chronicles) by Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū
(d. 833 AH / 1430 CE), that was copied and illustrated around 829 AH / 1425 CE. Two known Timurid illustrated copies of Majmaʿ
al-tavārīkh from the ninth century AH / fifteenth CE are the dispersed manuscript previously in the collection of Emile Tabbagh
and Parish Watson (ca. 829 AH / 1425 CE) and a copy dated 829 AH / 1425 CE (Istanbul, H.1653). The Walters' leaves come from
the former. The text is written in naskh script in black, red, and reddish-brown ink; chapter headings are written in tawqīʿ
script in red ink.

Date

Early 9th century AH / 15th CE

Origin

Iran

Form

Leaf

Genre

Historical

Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Support material

Paper

Laid paper

Extent

Foliation: 6

Dimensions

33.7 cm wide by 43.2 cm high

Written surface

22.7 cm wide by 33.5 cm high

Layout

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 33

Framing lines in red and blue

Contents:

fols. W.676Aa - W.676Fa:

Title: Majmaʿ al-tavārīkh

Author: Ḥāfiẓ Abrū, d. 1430

Hand note: Main text written in naskh script in black, red, and reddish-brown; chapter headings written in tawqīʿ script in red

Decoration note: Six illustrations; framing lines in red and blue

Decoration:

fol. W.676Aa:

Title: Sacrifice of Ismāʿīl (Islamic tradition)

Form: Illustration

fol. W.676Ab:

Title: Text page of Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration Sacrifice of Ismāʿīl, according to the Islamic tradition.

fol. W.676Ba:

Title: Military expedition of Ughūz Khān

Form: Illustration

fol. W.676Bb:

Title: Text page of Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration Military expedition of Ughūz Khān, bearing the chapter heading.

fol. W.676Ca:

Title: Enthroned king with courtiers

Form: Illustration

fol. W.676Cb:

Title: Text page of Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration Enthroned king with courtiers.

fol. W.676Da:

Title: Ughūz Khān receives a messenger from Damascus with a load of bows

Form: Illustration

fol. W.676Db:

Title: Text page from Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration King and courtiers enthroned.

fol. W.676Ea:

Title: Birth of Buddha

Form: Illustration

Label: This illustration depicts the birth of Buddha (Shākmūnī).

fol. W.676Eb:

Title: Text page of Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration Birth of Buddha, bearing the chapter title.

fol. W.676Fa:

Title: Sultan Sanjar with courtiers

Form: Illustration

fol. W.676Fb:

Title: Text page of Majma` al-tavarikh by Hafiz Abru

Form: Text page

Label: This text page is the back of the illustration Sultan Sanjar with courtiers.

Acquisition

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Bibliography

Grube, Ernst J., and Maria Alberta Fabris. Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the
United States and Canada: Catalogue of the Exhibition. (Venezia: N. Pozza, 1962), 53-55.

For the author and his works, see Subtelny, Maria Eva, and Charles Melville. "Ḥāfeẓ-e Abru." Encyclopaedia Iranica.

Leoni, Francesca. "A Folio from a Timurid Historical Manuscript in the Princeton University Art Museum." Record of the Art
Museum (Princeton University) 68 (2009): 61-67.

Soudavar, Abolala. Art of the Persian Courts: Selections from the Art and History Trust Collection. (New York: Rizzoli, 1992),
64-66.

A Magnificent Collection of Near Eastern and Early Mediterranean Art ... Property of the Estate of the Late Emile Tabbagh,
Paris and New York. Auction catalog January 3-4, 1936. New York: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, 1936.

Canby, Sheila. Princes, Poets, and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin
Aga Khan. (London: British Museum Press, 1998), 28-31.

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